Without any time to rest we
were itching to get ashore and took our first trip down Broadway and to Times Square – wow it was busy.
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| Tired at Times Quqre |
We had a fantastic time in New York trying to see as
much as possibly but spending as little as possible which is not that easy. We
walked along the Hudson River
Park which was busy with
walkers, cyclists and runners and there were some interesting pieces of art
along the way.
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| The Big Apple at the Hudson River Park |
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| Hudson River Park |
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| The Tri-Athletes at Hudson River Park |
We then walked the High Line
which is the renovated disused train line, with beautifully maintained gardens,
really nice but as with everywhere a little busy.
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| Mark on the High Line |
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| Cool graffiti from the High Line |
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| Jolly Mark on the High Line |
The High Line passes through Chelsea and we had to stop at the Chelsea market to admire the delicious food unfortunately
not treating ourselves to any. It was
then onto wander the streets of Greenwich
to find the house which was used for Carrie Brandshaws apartment in Sex and the
City, funny that as we entered the street we there were woman of every
nationality doing the same. Not very exciting but the brownstone buildings are
so beautiful it was just nice to walk done this residential street, shame for
the people that now occupy this house as they must have people outside there
house permanently.
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| Amanda outside Carrie Bradshaws apartment |
Then onto the Friends
apartment which was all a bit disappointing as it was surrounded by scaffolding
but it was ticked off the list of things to do.
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| Do you recognise the Friends apartment block? |
We then went to MOMA (Museum
of Modern Art), as we arrived we were deflated to see a queue all around the
building but this was hardly surprising on a Friday evening when it is free
entry, so we found the end of the queue and tried to keep smiling but luckily
it moved quickly but we were soon in and being herded around with everyone
else. MOMA has some great pieces with
Monet’s Water Lilies, Van Gogh’s Starry Night, Andy Warhol and a whole range of
Picasso – how many paintings did he paint!
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| Van Gogh |
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| Amanda admiring this huge Monet |
Next day we caught the
subway across to Brooklyn so we could walk
back on the bridge, great views of the city from here.
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| Brooklyn Bridge |
We did then start to stroll
around lower Manhattan,
made a friend with what we thought was quite a uniquely coloured little squirrel but our
patience was limited with the Saturday afternoon shoppers so the day was cut
short.
Sunday rest day, so we only
had a short walk around Central Park, there was all sorts going on from amateur
baseball, to a group of elderly Polish people dancing plus the normal street
artists, people picnicking, the super busy boating lake and tourists to avoid
on bikes, rickshaws and in horse carriages but if you were lucky you could find
a quiet spot.
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| Remote controlled sailing boat lake in Central Park |
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| Very busy boating lake in Central Park |
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| A quiet moment in Central Park |
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